Fight Shots Fired But No Injuries Enquiries made at various hospitals in the town lest night by members of the French Police failed to establish a motive for a shooting affair, which sent pedestrians scampering for safety on Avenue Foch at about 6 p.m. and, at a late hour, it was reported that as far as could be ascertained no one had been injured.
The shooting occurred during a heavy downpour, but on the streets was the usual heavy evening traffic and this probably accounted for the escape of all persons concerned The facts, as reported to the police, were that several shots were fired on Avenue Foch, about 150 yards east of Route des Soeurs, between numbers 471 and 425. It is believed that they were aimed at the occupant of a private car which was standing in the vicinity, on the French side of the road, and after the shooting eight Mauser cartridge cases were picked up by the police.
During the shooting one bullet smashed a window of a shop on Avenue Foch, near Chengtu Road, but no one. was hit during the affray. Enquiries at various houses in the area proved that there had been no attempts at armed robbery and it is thought that political motives were behind the occurrence. The French Police were continuing their investigations at a late hour last night.
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